Vehicle-top.



H. J. SANDBERG & '1. VICIC.

VEHICLE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 23. 1 916,

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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HENRY J. SANDBERG AND JOHN VICIC} 0F GHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 25 1919,

Application filed December 23, 1916. Serial No. 138,574.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HENRY J. SANDBERG, acitizen of the United States of America, and JOHN V1010, a subject ofthe Emperor of Austria, and both residents of Chicago, county of Cook,and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Vehicle-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form ofvehicle top construction; to provide such vehicle top which is.supported from a single main bow; and to provide such vehicle top whichcan be readily extended or folded by one person.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a motorvehicle provided with the improved form of top, said top being in itsextended positlon.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved top construction in itsfolded position.

Fig. 3 is a view of the same in a partially extended position.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line AA of Fig. 3.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the motor vehicle 1 isprovided with an improved form of top which comprises a main supportinghow 2 pivoted at 3 to the opposite sides of the vehicle body at the rearend thereof.

The how 2 supports a pair of lazytong trusses 4 pivoted at the oppositesides thereof by the upper rear end 5 of one link of each of saidtrusses respectively. A palr of supporting links 6 are pivoted at oneend to the bow 2, and the other ends of sald llnks are provided withstuds 8 which are adapted to slide in slots 9 provided in the rearwardlinks 10 of the lazytong trusses.

A pair of supplemental bows l1 and 12 are pivoted to the lazytongtrusses at 13 and 14 respectively and are rovided with links 15 and 16respectively, the links 15 being pivoted at the points 17 torespectively opposite sides of the how 11 and at the points 18 to thelazytong trusses, the links 16 be:-

ing pivoted to respectively opposite sides of the how 12 at 19 and tothe lazytong truss structure at 20.

The distance between the point 18 and the lazytong truss joint 21 isless than the distance between the points 13 and 17, and with regard tothe links 16, the distance between the point 20 and the lazytong joint22 is less than the distance between the points 14 and 19.

An additional supplemental bow 23 is pivoted to the main how 2, and afront bow 24 connects the forward ends of the lazytong trusses. A member26 is mounted on the bow 2 in position to support the lower ends of thetruss links when in folded position.

In the operation of the device, the lazytong trusses are normally intheir folded position as shown in Fig. 2, and the links thereof and thesupplemental bows 11, 12, 23 and 24 are all substantially parallel tothe main bow 2.

When it is desired to raise the top, the front how 24 is grasped andlifted upwardly, thereby unfolding the lazytong trusses as shown in Fig.3. The links 6 at this time slide in the slots 9 and thereby allow thelazytong trusses to tilt forwardly from the main bow 2 and when the topis in its fully extended position as shown in Fig. 1, the lazytongtrusses form an acute angle with the main supporting bow 2. This permitsthe main bow to form the rear edge of the top, although pivoted forwardfrom the rear edge of the vehicle body, at the same time permitting thelazytong trusses which support the forward end of the top to be disposedsubstantially parallel with the top of the vehicle top.

The supplemental bows 11 and 12 are controlled by the links 15 and 16respectively, which have their lower ends pivoted to the lazytongstructures at points which are less distant from the lazytong structurejoints 21 and 22 respectively, than the distance between the points 13and 17 on the bow 11, and the points 14 and 19 on the bow 12. With thisconstruction, the supplemental bows 11 and 12 are held in substantialprolongation of the connecting links of the lazytong trusses, when thetrusses are in their folded position, but when in their extendedposition as shown in Fig. 1, the supplemental bows 11 and 12 are spacedawayfrom the lazytong trusses in position to support the covering of thetop.

hen the top is in its fully extended position, the front bow 24 isadapted to rest upon the wind shield 25 of the vehicle and therebysteadies the entire structure.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been hereinshown and lazytong trusses being connected to said bow by the upper rearend of one link ofeach of said trusses respectively, and a pair ofsupporting links each having one end pivoted to said boW and the otherend of each having pin-and-slot connection with its respective lazytongtruss, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Chicago this 16th day of December, 1916.

' HENRY J. SANDBERG.

JOHN VICIC.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

